The Murphy is a copper mine located in Trinity county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Murphy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Murphy
Secondary: Copper Ace
Secondary: Copper Jack
Secondary: Copper King
Secondary: Copper Queen
Secondary: And Copper Ten.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Production): OPERATION WAS UNPROFITABLE - WAS SHUT DOWN. DEPOSIT IS WORKED INTERMITTENLY FOR ORNAMENTS.
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS IN FINE-GRAINED DIKE
Comment (Workings): THREE SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A 400 FT. ADIT. - SOME BULLDOZER CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1916 : TRINITY COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.: CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 881
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965 : MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TRINITY COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 4 : CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 22 , 62 .
Reference (Production): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965 , P. 22
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